Noun

(en-noun)

abhorrence, a sense of loathing, intense aversion, repugnance, repulsion, horror

A sudden violent feeling of disgust.

(medicine) The treatment of one diseased area by acting elsewhere; counterirritation.

(obsolete) A strong pulling or drawing back; withdrawal.

* Sir Thomas Browne

Revulsions and pullbacks.

(obsolete) A sudden reaction; a sudden and complete change of the feelings.

* Macaulay

A sudden and violent revulsion of feeling, both in the Parliament and the country, followed.

Noun

(en noun)

Strong aversion; intense dislike; hateful regard; an affection of the mind awakened by something regarded as unpleasant, harmful or evil.

* 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 34.

the very circumstance which renders it so innocent is what chiefly exposes it to the public hatred

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

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* (David Crystal)

Fears and hatreds pay no attention to facts.